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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been reading this thread from the start and here's my question for the OP:

Do you think this will be the only time in the next decade or so that you will get an offer like this? (To move to a big east coast city)

If the answer is no, then I would wait until your kids are older. Right now they are too young and expensive and they simply need too much care. It will literally bankrupt you and stress you out to pull this off, I really think. But, imagine if you will, you get the same offer in 5 years. Your kids are now in school full time and you can feel confident that they will handle any aftercare or transportation issues easily. They can take advantage of the city in a way they can't do this young. And you will have hopefully helped to get your younger, SN kid on a path of independence so we won't need as much support.

Think of the difference this could make and how much more enjoyable this whole experience could be.

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OP here.  I've had 3 federal job offers in the past 5 years (others were out west), so I expect I will have other offers. This is by far the most attractive job to me, though.  I don't really have any desire to live in a big, east coast city. It's simply the federal job I'd like!  In some ways it gets harder to move the kids as they get older, but I do agree that preschool years (particularly with special needs) are not ideal either, and it would make way more sense with a more comfortably living wage. [/quote]

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